Muzikland

70年代的電視劇﹐當用到 Disco 場景時﹐除了經常配上 Michael Zager Band 的 Let’s All Chant 外﹐還有 Rosebud 的 Have A Cigar。

筆者接觸這首歌曲的情況跟首次聽 Let’s All Chant 差不多﹐不知道歌名﹐也不知道由誰主唱﹐只是電視劇不時用上作為配樂﹐後來無意中從友人借來一盒自錄卡帶﹐才發現這首歌名為 Have A Cigar﹐不過當問起友人有關歌者的資料時﹐對方一點頭緒都沒有。

Have A Cigar - Rosebud
(Roger Water)


Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar
You’re gonna go far, fly high
You’re never gonna die, you’re gonna make it if you try
They’re gonna love you

後來等到90年代﹐筆者開始使用網路﹐並且經常瀏覽外國網站訂購CD﹐才冒了一次險﹐找一張收錄 Have A Cigar 的雜錦CD﹐原來主唱的是 Rosebud﹐來自一張1977年Warner出版的12” Single﹐不過這個 7’47” 的版本比起黑膠6’47” 稍長。但更有趣的地方﹐原來這首跳舞曲﹐竟然是Cover了 Pink Floyd的 Have A Cigar﹐只是它一直重覆唱一段歌詞而已﹐而12”的背面﹐乃是 Pink Floyd的 Disco版本 Money。

Have A Cigar - Pink Floyd﹕原收錄於 Wish You Were Here (1975/Columbia) 專輯中。
(Roger Water)


Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar
You’re gonna go far, fly high
You’re never gonna die, you’re gonna make it if you try
They’re gonna love you

Well I’ve always had a deep respect, and I mean that most sincerely
The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think
Oh by the way, which ones pink?
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy
We call it Riding the Gravy train.

We’re just knocked out.
We heard about the sell out
You gotta get an album out
You owe it to the people.
We’re so happy we can hardly count
Everybody else is just green, have you seen the chart?
It’s a helluva start
It could be made into a monster if we all pull together as a team
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy
We call it riding the Gravy train